Example sentences of "'ve been very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe did not look up from the statements and for some time Sara gave no sign that she had heard ; then she said : ‘ I 've been very stupid . |
| 2 | I 've been very fortunate because it 's very like a large family . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 've been very fortunate in most of the families of new residents when they take them out , they often take out their friends as well . |
| 4 | I 've been very fortunate also in having Rob Moffat as coach to the Scottish Schools side . |
| 5 | So far I 've been very fortunate in that I 've been in the right place at the right time ; buying land and property in a subdued market then selling it on when demand is high . |
| 6 | Everyone has had a reasonable work-out and we 've been very fortunate with the weather at a time of the year when you can have a lot of matches ruined by rain . ’ |
| 7 | I 've been very fortunate to be able to become part of your industry , to see part of your contribution to my patients for the great tomorrow . |
| 8 | But I 'm also very anxious that we receive a full percentage whack of those profits and as you can see I , over the years , I 've been very assiduous in ensuring that we do move towards that position . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've been very unkind to Sarella , ’ began Peter . |
| 10 | I 've been very poor , I 've cleaned toilets for Mecca , I 've slept on Euston station , and I never want to be like that again . |
| 11 | You 've been very good with the children , I would n't deny that . |
| 12 | You 've been very good to me . |
| 13 | From left the Virago team , Lennie Goodings , 20th year ‘ mascot ’ Ethel Merman ( ‘ Broadway has been very good to me — but then I 've been very good to Broadway ’ ) , Harriet Spicer and Fiona McIntosh . |
| 14 | I 've been very good . |
| 15 | You 've been very good , and I wish I could explain things , but I must ask you to accept that I ca n't . |
| 16 | ‘ They 've been very good to me , ’ he said curtly . |
| 17 | I think because you 've been very good today we 'll play a numbers game as well if we 've got time . |
| 18 | I 've met few recently , but they 've been very good . |
| 19 | Oh they 've been very good , oh yeah . |
| 20 | You 've been very good . |
| 21 | oh yes you 've got ta actually I think they 've been very good |
| 22 | Well I 've been very good I 've not been phoning anybody else |
| 23 | You 've been very gentle with me , which makes it even worse ; perhaps if you 'd been more brutal I could have managed to stop … but then you would never be brutal . |
| 24 | I 've been very mean with him all day . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave . |
| 26 | Like the pram , it is sturdy and well made , and I 've been very pleased with it . |
| 27 | Thank you very much well I 've been very pleased to make those points relating to the leader of the council . |
| 28 | We 're coming along very well and erm working hard as coach and erm things have really been picking up we 've been very pleased with the way it 's gone . |
| 29 | But when editors have seen it in the States they 've been very impressed but find it difficult to use . |
| 30 | I 've been very impressed by this boot , and at a price which , by present standards , has to be regarded as favourably competitive , I 'd recommend giving it a serious consideration . |